AERRL reiterates its commitment to the objective of creating a Single European Railway Area. Significant progress towards this objective can be achieved through the deployment of ERTMS. For this reason, we are publishing a paper on what we believe are the necessary steps and strategic priorities to achieve the goal.

AERRL wants to express its commitment to the DAC Common Sector Statement signed in 2023 and what it stands for. This paper is intended as a way to showcase our worries and raise awareness of what we believe are and will be the obstacles to a full DAC deployment for locomotives.
Contrary to the EU carbon neutrality targets, the market share of rail freight is today declining. A strong push for innovation and digitalization is therefore needed to stop and invert this trend. Coordinated deployment of technologies such as ERTMS and DAC is considered the main pillar of this transformation. AERRL members today represent 64% of the locomotive leasing market in Europe . Lessors are today major investors in the railway sector and catalysts of innovation. We, therefore, welcome the uptake of interest in the Digital Automatic Coupler (DAC) project and its positive development. Nonetheless, there are some points of concern for locomotive keepers that we would like to address collaboratively.

In the context of the ongoing implementation of the centralised registration function as the European Vehicle Register (EVR), AERRL, ALLRAIL, CER, ERFA, UIC, UIP, UIRR and UNIFE have defined a new common position about the use of the current European Vehicle Number and a vision of its evolution.

In a joint declaration, the rail sector expresses concerns regarding the forthcoming revision of the technical specifications for interoperability and reminds its commitment in supporting the European Commission and ERA on the long-term evolution of the TSI’s and their contribution to the development of an efficient and competitive European railway system.

In this joint statement, AERRL expresses its support to ERA as registration entity if applicants remain free to choose a national registration entity.

In this joint statement, AERRL expresses its support to ERA as registration entity if applicants remain free to choose a national registration entity.

AERRL joined 8 other representative bodies in signing the new sector statement on the Digital Automatic Coupler. The statement is accompanied by company support letters.

AERRL joined the other Representative Bodies in signing the sector statement on the Digital Automatic Coupler (DAC), showcasing the need and the advantages to roll-out

The European rail rolling stock lessors highlight the weaknesses of the draft CCS TSI 2022 revision and urge the EU to amend its draft to avoid compromising competition in the rail freight market, threats to improved safety and accelerated obsolescence of existing modern rolling stock.